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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
4
Four people escaped serious injury after a car collision about a mile south of Milton on Saturday night. The report notes a small barn blaze owned by Andrew Graham on Bell Street and mentions the opening of Ross Stores Ltd in Milton's business district as a milestone.
Local notes list recent visitors and relocations in Limehouse. Mrs E Hadley of Gooderham with Mr and Mrs Preston Hadley visited. Arthur Knowles returned from BC after two years. The Gordon family moved into Millieres place. E tr Wilson and Teddy moved into Scott’s cottage. Gloria Latimer joins new home at Georgetown. Attendees at a reception for Herb Reid included Jas Noble and Wm Reid at Orange Hall Manitowaning. Patterson and Patterson Sinclair spent Sunday at Weston.
NASSAGAWEYA events include Wayne Kennedy's birthday hosted by the Howdens in Milton. Mrs Peter McLean visiting Toronto relatives. Ralph Price's Milton Hospital operation with bed rest. funeral for James Service. visits to Margaret Robinson in Ancaster. and No. 7 Farm Forum starting November 1 with 17 attendees. Leaders include Oscar Locker Ralph Price Wilfred Kennedy J J Kennedy and Peter McLean masterful discussions on boy meets girl and lets go farming with two groups and lunch.
Royal Ontario Museum researchers under R L Peterson pursue a major fact finding project on moose in Algonquin Park to Lake Superior islands and northern forests. They document numbers habits and habitats to aid preservation of the species from extinction.
Ballinfad reports visits from Mr and Mrs Russell Taylor and Valeria of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Jos Allan. Congratulations to the McEnery and Sinclair families on new daughters. The W A met at Mrs Robert McEnery’s home on Wednesday November 1 with Mrs McEnery in charge of Scripture Study.
A social evening at Town Hall in Rock Wood hosted by the Eramosa branch of the South Wellington Liberal Association drew a large crowd with out of town guests including M P R W Gladstone MPP Ross McEwing and Henry Hosking of Guelph. Albert Gray served as chairman and master of ceremonies. Remembrance Day passed quietly. local illness and travels are noted along with Kiwanis Music Festival participants Sheila Mosking and David E Benham.
Local residents recount a three day deer hunt in Erin Township with Gordon Aitken and Victor Beamish among those who bagged deer. Social notes mention visits by OSPRINGER, the Grundy and Stewart families, and moving plans of the Beamish family. A church service themed Remembrance noted a two minute silence for fallen freedoms. Canada described as the largest country in the Americas.
Kenneth Hardland aged three wedged and strangled in a car at Kilbride home. Neighbors and Robert Coverdale carried him to Dr. H R MacDonald’s office where he died. Coroner Dr George E Syer ordered examination in Hamilton. inquest not yet decided.
An officer questions a local woman after a car is found. she says the vehicle belongs to her intoxicated boyfriend and that she had him walk home. The second item notes Canadian rural teachers switch schools or leave teaching every two years or less, averaging ten years for city instructors.
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